Me: Autumn is here, hurray! Sweater weather! Crunchy leaves! apple crumble, tweedcore and the beauty of the changing seasons! My degenerative, inflammatory and chronic pain conditions: LOL. Me: Oh shi-

One of the hardest things about caring for aging parents is how, at a certain age, they just seem to revert to petulant teenagers. No: you cannot set your heat to 23 & leave it there day & night all winter. Why? Because you can't afford it! Yes: you must pay your insurance. Why? Because you need it!

I know we all enjoyed his video about male friendships, but I think this one about reading might be even better.

Passage (2007) by land artist Cornelia Konrads #WomensArt #Monday

Paula Mela, Finnish illustrator known for her fairytale-like works #WomensArt

"There's no such thing as writer's block! Plumbers don't get plumber's block!" Take several seats, my friend: YES THEY DO. It's called 'getting stuck'! Happens to everyone in every activity at some point. You make a mistake, encounter a new problem, & need help or to do some research. So shush.

Today's 90's kid rage bait...https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOVahqdjd1w/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Something they never warn you about when you start your doctorate: much as you spend the whole time you're doing your PhD research feeling desperate to finish (& prove you can do it) - as soon as you DO finish... you might very well find yourself yearning to go back and do it all over again.

Oops, took me a day to realise I hadn't included the link! Only one day left now to get THE MOONLIT MAZE for 99p! www.amazon.co.uk/Moonlit-Maze...

THE MOONLIT MAZE is 99p or 99c everywhere online - for just today and tomorrow! NYT Bestseller Ruth Ware called it 'A deliciously atmospheric mystery' so if you're into timeslippy 1920s glamour, forbidden romance, and a hint of a haunting (or is it??) then grab it now while you still can! xx

A massive pet peeve of mine in dramas of any kind: when someone who's supposed to have medical experience firmly pronounces a recently collapsed person dead, and then walks off without bothering to even attempt CPR. DO. THE. DAMN. CHEST. COMPRESSIONS.

THE MOONLIT MAZE is 99p or 99c everywhere online - for just today and tomorrow! NYT Bestseller Ruth Ware called it 'A deliciously atmospheric mystery' so if you're into timeslippy 1920s glamour, forbidden romance, and a hint of a haunting (or is it??) then grab it now while you still can! xx

Been working on this scene for 3 days now - which I think is a record for me. It *still* doesn't feel right. Just can't seem to bring it alive. Either it's actually fine & I'm word-blind at this point, or I need to give it some space to figure out the issue. But one more try today before I move on.

Venetian Rococo painter Rosalba Giovana Carriera (1675-1757), the first woman in Western art credited as influential in creating a painting style #womensart

One day to the next, 2020 by UK painter Emma Haworth #WomensArt

Fossilized Goniatites like galaxies spiraling through space. Over 300 million years in the making. County Clare, Ireland.

Science fiction story & film titles in the 50s: 'The Wicked Stars Sing Tenderly to the Victorious' Science Fiction story and film titles now: 'MEGASMASH!!'

So near, and yet... so far. jk, totally chuffed, huge huge thanks to everyone who has given my first timeslip/historical novel a try! ilu! You complete me! Your reviews give me life! Mwah! Mwah!

A dark secret. A heartbreaking betrayal. A house in ruins... What really happened the night of the fire in Winterthorne?🔥And can Juliet find the answers before the past comes to threaten her future? www.instagram.com/reel/DNFtzi7...

Hello, hello, BlueSky! My swoony, 1920s glamourous, forbidden romance-y, found family-themed timeslip novel THE MOONLIT MAZE is currently on a limited time deal. You can get it for 99p or 99c basically everywhere right now But not for long, so maybe grab it now!? www.amazon.co.uk/Moonlit-Maze...

A daydream and a doodle turned into a linocut this week. #printmaking #linocutprint #birdslinocut #dove #peace #handmadeuk #dovesofloveandpeace

"As long as I live I will have control over my being" - Artemisia Gentileschi #UnlockingWomensArt

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The Moonlit Maze is in a Kindle promotion, & you can grab it for only 99p! 1920s glamour, forbidden romance, found family & a hint of a haunting (or is it?) all wrapped in a luscious seaside setting. The reviews have been brilliant - why not get your hands on it now? www.amazon.co.uk/Moonlit-Maze...

I'm really sorry to break this news, but working out five days a week will not change who you are as a person.

Mycenaean Daggers, 16th - 14th century BCE

Insights into the 'barebones first draft, then build on it' approach to writing. I work differently. First long pass gets the story out of my head, then I refine it, like most authors I know. But some do this. There's no single right or wrong way. Think this might work for you? Try it out and see.

BlueSky's facial scanning tool has decided I am an adult and I am honestly so offended.

Artist Mary Sutton creates her textile art pieces by layering organza fabric and drawing over the top of them with free machine embroidery #WomensArt

As the archaeologist who worked with the detectorist and land owner to properly lift this hoard, I'm thrilled it is headed for a brilliant museum that really punches above it's weight. Please support their bid to secure this hoard. Every little helps. Great to launch it on #FindsFriday!

First draft of my second historical/timeslip novel: COMPLETE! Now I can leave it to mature for two weeks while I handle the little matter of my viva voce examination and the completion of my PhD *pteradactyl screeches* But right this minute? Carbs. Oh my Dog so many carbs, you can't even imagine.

Aren't country lanes brilliant? tomcox.substack.com/p/once-upon-...

Karen Newman's bust portrait in honor of the bravery of Noor Inayat Khan (2016), British-Indian WW2 agent who aided the French Resistance against the Nazis, and was later shot in Dachau #WomensArt

Fate! Kismet!

"My Toxic Reader Trait is -" Your actual toxic reader trait is your implicit assumption that writers should be able and willing to tailor their books to you. Skip the 1st and last chapters if you want. Skim every page without dialogue. Whatever. Just don't expect us to accommodate you.

A Tale of Two Dresses: this one is flattering and appropriate to the occasion. But this one has pockets. What to do??

I might actually, really and truly finish draft #1 of my second timeslip novel this week. \o/

That thing where you boot up your laptop full of enthusiasm to dive into the next scene of your WIP, only to discover that you've written the whole - the WHOLE, mark you - of the last chapter in THE WRONG FLAMING TENSE and now you will have to fix that instead. YU^&*(O#POY&(£$%^&@!!!!

OK, the levels of sexual chemistry here are getting seriously out of hand. I'm typing feeling as if I should look away from my laptop screen to give these two some privacy... writing and books

Fate! Kismet!

Added @zdmarriott.bsky.social’s book to my shelves this morning in my usual alphabetical-by-category order and it ended up in the PERFECT place

"Learning to grow" collagraph by contemporary UK printmaker Sarah Morgan #WomensArt

Just finished @zdmarriott.bsky.social's THE MOONLIT MAZE, totally unable to put it down. Atmospheric, evocative, romantic, full of lush descriptions and narrative twists and turns, great for fans of Susanna Kearsley or Mary Stewart's early novels. Thoughtful autism rep. Gorgeous cover too!

The Open-Oxford-Cambridge doctoral training partnership - who funded my PhD into timeslip novels! - have put my The Moonlit Maze publication news up on their website: oocdtp.web.ox.ac.uk/news

Lovely to hear from @zdmarriott.bsky.social about her path to a PhD and publication!

The Open University interviewed me for their Meet the Student feature! Learn more about pursuing a PhD in Creative Writing, and about my new book: www.linkedin.com/pulse/novel-...

"Decorated in tasteful neutrals" = everything is the colour of a fungus

If you love curling up with a good book and a dreamy playlist - great news! I'm sharing the official playlist I used to write The Moonlit Maze 🌕 Enjoy! open.spotify.com/playlist/4Ak... #Booksky

Goodnight. 🖼️ Rosie Dore

Thank you @headlinebooks.bsky.social for this beautiful finished copy of #TheMoonlitMaze by @zdmarriott.bsky.social which I have been yearning to read since @amandageard.bsky.social told me I'd love it! 😁 Out now! I cannot wait to enter the maze... 🥰 🖋💙📚